Use Checkout Functionality of Branches to Switch Between Different Versions of Code

Logon to your ABAP system in your SAP Fiori launchpad and open Manage Software Components application.

Note: If you don’t know the URL of your ABAP system, then you can open your ABAP Development Tools (ADT), right-click on your ABAP system in your project explorer, select Properties and click on your system URL.

In your manage software components application search for your software component Z_SWCT_XXX and select it.

Select your feature branch branch_xxx and click Checkout to be active with your master branch.

Click OK.

Refresh your recent actions to see your result.

Now you can see, that your feature branch branch_xxx is checked out successfully.

Switch to your ABAP Development Tools (ADT), logon to your ABAP system, right-click on your created ABAP class Z_CL_XXX and select Refresh or Press F5 to refresh your ABAP class.

Now make changes in your ABAP class. Therefore replace your code of your ABAP class Z_CL_XXX with following:

class z_cl_xxx definition
   public
   final
   create public .

   public section.
   interfaces if_oo_adt_classrun.
   protected section.
   private section.
 ENDCLASS.



 CLASS Z_CL_XXX IMPLEMENTATION.


   METHOD IF_OO_ADT_CLASSRUN~MAIN.
   out->write('Hello world! I am on branch_xxx now!').
   ENDMETHOD.
 ENDCLASS.

Save and activate.

Select the transport organizer in your menu and refresh your workbench to transport your changes.

Right-click on your transport task and select Release.

Click OK.

Right-click on your transport request and select Release.

Click OK.

Switch to your software component Z_SWCT_XXX in Manage Software Component. Select your master branch and click Checkout.

Click OK.

Refresh your recent actions to see your result.

Now the master branch is checked out successfully. Refresh your branches as well.

Now you can see the result as well in the branches section. The master branch is checked out successfully.

Switch to ADT and open your ABAP class Z_CL_XXX. As you can see, you are still on the feature version.

Right-click on your ABAP class Z_CL_XXX and click Refresh.

Now you can see the coding of your master version again.